BENNETT, COLEMAN & CO. LTD. | ESTABLISHED 1838 | TIMESOFINDIA.COM | NEW DELHI ➤ Decoded: Modern ➤ How to handle kids who ➤ 5 experiments STUDENT EDITION Genetics talk back? Hint: don't lose that surprised many TODAY’S your temper! in IPL 2020 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2020 ➤ How to boost your Newspaper in Education EDITION concentration during exam Books to savour this week PAGE 2 PAGE 3 PAGE 4 WEB EDITION CLICK HERE: PAGE 1 AND 2 BLUE MOON TO GRACE THE SKY ON OCTOBER 31 5 YEARS IN PRISON, 1 CRORE FINE ONCE IN A Finally, a law to curb AIR POLLUTION he Centre has brought in a new law through an Or- dinance to deal with the T problem of air pollution in Delhi-National Capital Region he Moon is all set to treat all the stargazers on Halloween night with (NCR) and adjoining areas. The law, a Blue Moon that will be visible which comes into force with imme- T across all time zones. So, are we going diate effect, entails setting up of a As and when a vaccine to see a Moon that will be all Blue? No, said Commission for Air Quality Man- becomes available, everyone NASA. The Moon will not be actually Blue in agement for the National Capital Re- colour—the name is given because it will be the will be vaccinated. None will second of the two full Moons to occur in a single cal- gion (NCR) and adjoining areas in be left behind. Of course, ini- endar month, according to NASA. Full Moons are sep- Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Uttar arated by 29 days; As most months are 30 or 31 days-long; Pradesh and Rajasthan. tially, we may focus on pro- it is possible to fit two full Moons in a single month, it added. The last Blue tecting the most vulnerable Moon happened and the frontline workers. A WHAT IS A BLUE MOON? `one crore or with both This Blue Moon will look back in 2018; WHAT THE LAW SAYS ➤ The Commission will have the power to National Expert Group on pale grey and white — ➤Also known as the Hunter’s Moon— as it provides the cosmic dis- ➤ The law provides for a powerful permanent take mitigation measures, issue Vaccine Administration for play happens just like the Moon on plenty of moonlight for the hunters to collect meat commission of over 20 members for air quality directions/orders suo moto and entertain Covid-19 Vaccine has been any other night. What for the winters— Blue Moons are a rare phenome- seven times management through strict measures, better complaints under any other existing laws every 19 years, constituted to chart the way makes this event even non that occurs every two or three years ➤During coordination, research, identification and resolu- such as the Air (Prevention and Control of which means the forward. On logistics, more rarer is that it will be this time, a full Moon appears twice in a month. A tion of problems surrounding the air quality index. Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Environment Blue Moon can either happen when there are two world will not ➤ (Protection) Act, 1986 than 28,000 cold chain points seen in all parts of the Any non-compliance or contravention of any full Moons in a single calendar month, or when it’s see the next one ➤ It will also have power to prohibit activities will store and distribute world for the first time provisions/rules or order/direction of the the third or fourth full Moon in a single season, on October 31 Commission will be an offence punishable with a that are likely to cause or increase air pollution Covid-19 vaccines to ensure since the World War II according to Earth Sky until 2039 jail term up to five years or with fine up to in the NCR and adjoining areas they reach the last point. A digital platform to enroll, track and reach the benefici- CLICK aries is also being prepared PRIYANKA CHOPRA SIGNS ASTEROID APOPHIS MAY CRASH NEWS HERE FOR NEW HOLLYWOOD PROJECT INTO EARTH IN 50 YEARS IN BRIEF MORE FACTOID £50,000 NARENDRA MODI, PM, on Covid-19 vaccine WITH SAM HEUGHAN AND SPACE Price of an ancient fish, CELINE DION which lived 200 million uantico' star Priyanka INTERNATIONAL Chopra Jonas, 'Outlander' years ago, is likely to Q star Sam Heughan and fetch at an auction INTERNET DAY music icon Celine Dion have been roped in to star in a ro- soon. The fossil of a mantic drama, tentatively ti- tled 'Text For You'. coelacanth fish belongs to the Lazarus taxon ENTERTAINMENT ➦The biblical name of this fish comes from its rediscovery in 1938 and is in extremely good after it was thought that it had been extinct for 70 million years. ➤The film is inspired by condition. Experts say However, a specimen appeared, freshly- caught in an open-air market the 2016 German-lan- in South Africa in 1938 ➦Live specimens of the creature were later guage box office hit he Apophis asteroid — named after the the specimen is God of Chaos, is getting pushed around found, leading the species to be given the Lazarus moniker due to its 'SMS Fur Dich', which is extremely rare and it is The world celebrated the by sunlight as it moves towards the Earth, miraculous rediscovery and reappearance ➦The rare 200 million- based on Sofie Cramer's T Internet Day on October 29 to claimed researchers, adding that it is likely to the headline item of a year-old version is set to be auctioned off at Summers Place Auctions 1 popular novel of the hit our planet in 2068, causing 65,000 times more commemorate a momentous sale focusing on ancient in Billingshurst, West Sussex on November 24. The ancient artefact same name destruction than the Hiroshima nuclear disas- day in the history of telecom- ter. The asteroid will be extremely close to the comes from the fossil grounds around Solnhofen in Germany, where ➤The plot revolves around a items, including the skull munications and technology Earth on April 13, 2029. So close that the aster- many well-preserved creatures have been found woman who, to ease the pain oid will be visible to the unaided eye and will of a woolly-rhinoceros On Oct 29, 1969, the first after tragically losing her pass within the belt of communication satel- electronic message was fiance, starts to send roman- lites orbiting the Earth. 2 SCIENTISTS ESTIMATE RISK OF AIR- he continued increase in Covid-19 infec- tic texts to his old cell. It transferred from one computer ➤With a diameter of 370 metres, the BORNE COVID-19 WITH MASK USAGE tions around the world has led scientists to another turns out that the phone to study the dynamics of airborne trans- Apophis asteroid, which was discovered in T number has been reassigned mission.In the study, the researchers used a Charley Kline, a student pro- June 2004, is as big as three football fields model to understand airborne transmission to a man across town suf- grammer at the University of put together ➤Though it’s not uncommon for that is designed to be accessible to a wide range 3 fering from similar of people.Using the model, the researchers de- California, Los Angeles (UCLA), heartbreak small asteroids between the size of 5 and 10 termined that the protection from transmis- transmitted the first-ever elec- ➤The two meet and feel metres to pass by the Earth, it's rare for an sion increases with physical distancing in an tronic message an undeniable connec- asteroid of this size to pass by the Earth so approximately-linear proportion.Scientists also found that even simple cloth masks pro- The message sent was the tion, but can't seem to close, say scientists vide significant protection and could re- leave the past behind duce the spread of Covid-19. 3 word, "login" 'Sleeping giant' Arctic methane According to the company, the In addition, BMW is making elec- Harley-Davidson global eBicycle market was esti- tric bikes and motorcycles, Audi 1 mated to be over $15 billion in 2 is manufacturing electric moun- deposits starting to release: 2019 and projected to grow at an tain bikes, Mercedes-Benz unveiled an unveils annual rate of more than 6 per cent electric scooter, Ford its 1st from 2020 to 2025 acquired e-scooter Scientists startup Spin, and cientists have found evi- Jeep recently unveiled dence that frozen methane electric bicycle a high-powered electric Sdeposits in the Arctic mountain bike Ocean – known as the “sleeping giants of the car- alert 'Serial 1' bon cycle” – have arley-David- new business called ‘Se- started to be re- son has un- rial 1 Cycle Company' leased over a large area of the veiled its first- started as a project continental slope off the East H ever electric within the motorcy- Siberian coast. bicycle inspired by the cle manufacturer's According to a report in brand's very first mo- product develop- The Guardian, high levels of The slope sediments in the Arctic contain a torcycle from 1903. The ment centre. the potent greenhouse gas huge quantity of frozen methane and other have been detected down to a In terms of design, the bicycle will come with gases – known as hydrates. Methane has a warm- depth of 350 metres in the white tyres, leather saddle, hand grips and sleek ing effect 80 times stronger than carbon dioxide over Laptev Sea near Russia, prompt- black frame ing concern among researchers 20 years. The US Geological Survey has previously- The company plans to bring its first line of electric that a new climate feedback listed Arctic hydrate destabilisation as one of four loop may have been triggered bicycle products to market in spring 2021 most serious scenarios for abrupt climate change that could accelerate the pace The price of the electric bicycle is yet to be announced of global heating.